No, this is not a thread about hot women or hot men for that matter. It is about buying that item when you see it lest you lose it. A week or two ago I saw at least 3 copies of October Sky on Amazon for less than $30.00. All were said to be in very good shape etc... Well, I decided I would wait and take my chances this week. Guess what? They are GONE! I lose. I blew it.

No, this is not a thread about hot women or hot men for that matter. It is about buying that item when you see it lest you lose it. A week or two ago I saw at least 3 copies of October Sky on Amazon for less than $30.00. All were said to be in very good shape etc... Well, I decided I would wait and take my chances this week. Guess what? They are GONE! I lose. I blew it.

Unfamiliar with the soundtrack, at first I thought you were talking about "October Sky" the movie, but found many cheap copies at Amazon, some even for a penny plus shipping. But then I realized that since this was under General Discussion you were referring to the soundtrack, and you are right -- it ain't cheap! Although I've long had the movie on DVD, I have no memories of the music, and can only think of one soundtrack of Isham that I bought, and it wasn't a favorite. But I did like his music for "42," a movie I've grown to love and may eventually buy on Blu-ray.

Immediate follow-up: I just went to SAE to see if I could find the CD of Isham that I have, and the only one that I recognized was the "Film Music -- Mark Isham," although I also have a couple of his cues on the VS 25th Anniversary Celebration set. But I was surprised at the number of films he's scored that I've liked, including "Quiz Show" and "A River Runs Through It," both directed by Robert Redford.

It depends. You can check and see what prices a title went for in the past on sites like ebay or discogs. Some titles may have periods where only one copy is offered at a high price and the next month you might have 3 or 4 being offered and starting at a low price. Sometimes (not always) it pays off to wait.

Unfamiliar with the soundtrack, at first I thought you were talking about "October Sky" the movie, but found many cheap copies at Amazon, some even for a penny plus shipping. But then I realized that since this was under General Discussion you were referring to the soundtrack, and you are right -- it ain't cheap! Although I've long had the movie on DVD, I have no memories of the music, and can only think of one soundtrack of Isham that I bought, and it wasn't a favorite. But I did like his music for "42," a movie I've grown to love and may eventually buy on Blu-ray.

Immediate follow-up: I just went to SAE to see if I could find the CD of Isham that I have, and the only one that I recognized was the "Film Music -- Mark Isham," although I also have a couple of his cues on the VS 25th Anniversary Celebration set. But I was surprised at the number of films he's scored that I've liked, including "Quiz Show" and "A River Runs Through It," both directed by Robert Redford.

The score is beautiful. I recommend it highly. Try "Nell" and "At First Sight" as well.

I still do this and I don't know why. I buy things fast when I think it might sell fast but then get stuck buying something I didn't want or wasn't as popular as I thought. My biggest mistake that I passed on was the new five disc Ben Hur cd set for $40.00! I still hate myself for it. But October Sky that your talking about, I found mine for $3.00 at a library sale. I knew it was rare so I bought it.

Yep, I learned the hard way, too. I balked at paying $40-50 for the LOTR CRs a few years ago, and then by the time I actually got into the scores enough to want them, and did the math to find out exactly how much per CD I was paying…FOTR had gone up, and TTT was out-of-print and outrageously high (ROTK was still $50). Since then, I've now bought both FOTR and ROTK, and the latter seems to be out of print now and is going for over 3x what I paid, new.

You better believe that if/when they do a CR of the Hobbit films, I'll be pouncing on them immediately.